England’s Jordan Smith holds the weekend lead on the Charles Schwab Problem after back-to-back rounds of 65 noticed him prime the leaderboard at 10 beneath par with two rounds to go.
Smith notched an eagle on the par-five first gap together with 4 birdies and a bogey on the 14th in a powerful efficiency that provides him a one-stroke lead in Texas and places him nicely on his option to a maiden PGA Tour victory.
The trailing pack sees 4 gamers tied in second at nine-under, together with Hideki Matsuyama, who equalled Smith’s 65 on the day. Canadian AJ Ewart rose up the rankings with a course-best 63 together with a exceptional hole-in-one on the sixteenth, placing him three strokes off the lead.
“I’m obviously very happy,” stated Smith, who holds the 36-hole lead for the primary time on the PGA Tour. “[I’m] going into the weekend in a good position.
“The putter’s been sizzling the final two days, which is sweet to see. Swing nonetheless hasn’t felt 100 per cent however we have been hitting a variety of fairways and a variety of greens, which is vital out right here. Simply going to take the probabilities once we get them.
“When we now have missed the inexperienced, the vast majority of the time we missed it in the best locations and left ourself simpler chip pictures.
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“It’s a strength of my game out here, sort of hit a lot of fairways and greens. So we’re going to try and do the same over the weekend, go with the same game plan and attack those pins when we can.”
Elsewhere, Alex Smalley is the one bogey-free participant up to now and sits two pictures off Smith’s lead, whereas defending champion Ben Griffin trails by six strokes after hitting 4 birdies and two bogeys.
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